Plate 112. 



EPIDENDEUM DICHROMUM, var, AMABILE 



Beautiful Variety of the Two-coloured Epdendriim. 



Gen. Char. Sepala patentia^ snbaequalia, lateralibus basi haud procluctis. Tclala nunc con- 

 formia et aequalia^ nunc diversissima. Lahellnm unguiculatum^ cum'columna parallelum et omnino 

 V. parte connatum : limbo integro v. divisOj basi ssepius callo duplici^ costa v, tubcrculo nunc intcr- 

 jectis instructo; nunc verisimiliter in calcar productnm, pediccllo immorsum idcoque colnmnao 



cuniculum formans. 



saepe 



basi saepius canaliculata. Pollinia 4^ coriacea^ sequah'a^ compressa; cauJtrults totulom njilirntis; 

 glanduld liberS, nulla. Anihera carnosa, 2-44ocularis. — IlerbaD cpiphytoB Ainoricio calldioris, nnw 

 terrestres. Caulis nunc pseiidohtlhosus nunc clongatuSy foViosus. Folia carnosa nirisslme vctus rlr- 

 vatis striata. Flores solitarily spicati, racemosly corymhof^ij vel imnic^ihdiy tcrminalrf^ vd hiirmh s^ 

 scepiua siccati coriaceij raiphihuB fa rcti . LindL 



Epidendrum dichromiim; psoudobulbis ovato-fusiformibus 2- vel 3-pliyllis, fobis rlgiMis ligiilufls 



planis obtusis scapo paniculato multifloro brcvioribus, sepalis b'ucari-lanccolatis acutiuhculiii 

 petalis obovato-lanccolatis duplo latioribus, labclH profunde trilobi lobo moflio obcnrdnto 

 pluries costato lateralibus brevioribus rotundatis apice patulis, culumna obtu^so anrlculjitA. 



Epidendeum dichromum. LindL Fol. Orch., et in Bof. Brg. 18i3, MUc. 119. 



This c\mxm\xi^ Ejp id endr urn was imported last year from Bnliia by Mo'^srs. Hugh 

 Low and Co., of the Clapton Nursery, through whom it speedily found its way info all 

 the principal collections in the neighbourhood of London. In many of tli(\sc it has 

 already flowered, and I was myself fortunate enough to see it in bloom last autumn 

 (1864) in Mr. Bassett's garden, as well as at the establishments of ^fr. William^^, of 

 Holloway, and of Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith. la each case the vaiiety was differ- 

 ent, the sepals and petals in Mr. Bassett's plant being of a pale rose-colour, in that < f 

 Mr. Williams they were nearly white, while in Messrs. Lee's specimen— from wliicli tlie 

 figure is derived — both tints were combined with such pleasing effect as to merit tlu 

 distinctive appellation oi'amahile' which I have ventured to add to the sprrific nanu . 



Mr. Low's collector found the plant in exposed places on the' margin of rivers 

 establishing itself on the branches of low straggling bushes, and sending if^ r<M.(s di.uii 

 into the sand amidst which they grew. Taking their cue from tlic^e prru]iaHtir» in \H 

 habit in a wild state, some cultivators have attempted to grow ihr sp. . : -^ pottrfl ni 

 sand, but it seems to succeed much better upon a block of uDud or in a pot nearly 

 filled with potsherds. It will boar exposure to the light, and, while growii.g, must 

 have a good amount of heat. 



